At a loss of where to go to during the June school holidays? Well, why not pester your parents to take you to Hong Kong? I am very sure you yearn to take a breather especially after all those days of toiling hard for the Mid-year Examinations!
After being in Hong Kong during the month of December last year, I swore to myself that i will definitely visit Hong Kong again. I am not shy to admit that I have seriously fallen in love with Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, I can assure you that there are a million and one things for you to engage yourself with. In addition, there are also countless of interesting places in Hong Kong you can visit.
For those of you shopaholics out there, Ladies Market and Stanley Market are the places to be. If you think that Ladies Market and Stanley Market are your typical kind of markets where you can only find fruits and vegetables, YOU ARE WRONG! In fact, there is much more to that! These Markets actually offer everything from casual clothing, silk garments, Chinese calligraphy, costume jewellery, uniques souvenirs and so on. The best part is you can even bargain with the shop-owners! Even just walking through the street Markets leaves an indelible mark in your mind!
For all you sports enthusiasts out there, why not head down for Fa Yuen Street? Fa Yuen Street is one of the best places to find authentic, cool and trendy sports shoes of all brands. You will definitely be spoilt for choice with the wide range of attractive shoe designs to choose from! Converse. Adidas. Nike. Vans. Is this enough to start you drooling or what?
How about a night stroll with your loved one along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront? Soothing classical music accompanied by the sound of the salty seawater crashing against land can be clearly heard. Speedboats and ferries transporting passengers and tourists to and fro zoom past you. What I found most special about this place is indeed the chance for you to get a close-up view of the newly-erected bronze statue of the legendary action star Bruce Lee. Besides that, you will be able to capture shots of handprints of many celebrities carved neatly on the pavement such as Jackie Chan and Jet Li! While enjoying the cool see breeze, you can also get a bird's eye view of the city. You will definitely be awed and mesmerised by the beautifully lit-up towering buildings located across you and by the waterfront. It was simply SPECTACULAR!
One of the new attractions you must go to is the Hong Kong Disneyland! Despite all the recent "boo-boos" made in the newspapers recently about the poor service of the staff of Hong Kong Disneyland, personally, they left me a good impression of their work attitude. To me, they never fail to deliver a smile to the tourists of Disneyland although they have to constantly put up with grouchy and impatient tourists ( I am NOT one of them!). Anyway, Disneyland was simply MAGNIFICENT! I loved every millisecond of it while I was letting my hair down at Disneyland. Believe it or not but I managed to get a picture taken with the infamous Donald Duck after waiting patiently for nearly an hour! I strongly recommend you to go for the thrilling roller-coaster ride "Space Mountain" and a hilarious 3D Mickey Mouse show. What I enjoyed most was actually the Disney Parade! Familiar cartoon characters such as Winnie the Pooh (my favourite!), Lilo and Stitch, Snow White, Cinderella, Little Mermaid were shaking hands with the more fortunate tourists standing at the front. There was even a military band in a white and red uniform marching while playing their instruments with pride. The loud music the band played actually made me more enthusiastic and created such a joyous and merry atmosphere! Have i already mentioned my love for Disneyland?
That's all people! If you want to know more about my experiences in Hong Kong, I will be immensely pleased and euphoric to share with you my bittersweet memories.
Hong Kong. A bustling city life. A shopping haven. A place to be.
